"Danzo-sama, Hokage-sama invites you."
A familiar, emotionless voice sounded again.
An Anbu ninja stood next to Danzo very abruptly.
Looking at Naruto, who was covered in dust but still smiling, and the little Ino-Shika-Chō who were also trying to climb the tree next to him, Danzo smiled with relief.
But then he was stunned.
What was this sense of déjà vu of the old father.
"Go to the Hokage building."
Danzo ordered the Root ninja in the dark.
When Danzo left, no one except Shikamaru noticed, including Naruto.
And the doubt on Shikamaru's face disappeared at this time, it turned out that he...
Hurriedly came to the Hokage building, Danzo did not knock on the door this time, and pushed it open with a bang. The representatives of various clans and Konoha's high-level officials who should have attended the last meeting were already there.
"Did the Daimyo send a letter?" Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen's inquiring eyes and asked with a clear mind.
"How did you get the daimyo to agree to send troops?" The Third Generation didn't answer, but their attitude was obvious.
The daimyo of the Land of Fire is different from these ninjas. He is a pure politician. He will never allow troops to be mobilized without benefits.
He agreed to participate in the war several times before because he was forced to do so.
The representatives of other tribes also looked at Danzo curiously. They had noticed that Danzo's actions in the past few days were not concealed.
This kind of mobilization before the battle, Danzo seemed to have expected that the daimyo would agree to send troops.
How did he do it?
Danzo didn't hide it from them. Kaidō: "Benefits and face."
"As a politician, the daimyo doesn't care about many things. You can get his consent by catering to his preferences."
This kind of thing is simple for him who has experienced two lives and has been influenced by various cultures, but it is a bit difficult for these ninjas who pay more attention to military power.
In the entire ninja world, perhaps the only one who can compare with him in terms of conspiracy and intrigue is the Black Zetsu who has been hiding very deeply and has been planning for a thousand years.
The Third Generation and the others frowned. Danzo's answer obviously did not satisfy them.
It was as if he had said nothing.
"Since the daimyo has agreed to send troops, should we discuss strategic matters next?" Danzo did not give them a chance to continue to entangle, and sat down at his seat and said.
"You are quite impatient." The Third Generation said, but did not stop him.
"You are the commander-in-chief this time, you make the arrangements." Utatane Koharu changed his previous attitude of refuting Danzo, and this time he actually spoke up to stand on Danzo's side.
Danzo was not polite. He stood up from his seat, glanced at everyone and said slowly: "Although Cloud Shinobi Village provoked this incident, I am also very clear about the current situation in the village. We are not allowed to expand the war."
"The Third War has not been long. Except for Sunagakure, which was defeated and withdrew from the war at the beginning of the Third War, the situation of other villages is actually similar to ours."
"Cloud Shinobi Village faced the siege of both us and Iwagakure at the same time in the late stage of the Third War, and their losses were also not small."
"Although Cloud Shinobi Village has taken the initiative to provoke us, their attitude is actually ambiguous. There is a high probability that it is war blackmail in order to seize the eyes of the Hyuga clan."
"In other words, they may just scare us, and they have no intention or ability to start a war."
"Then what are you going to do?" Third Generation asked. Everyone present was not a fool and knew it very well, but they couldn't afford to gamble.
"I have only one plan, that is, to be fast and fierce enough, and to fight a blitzkrieg!"
"What do you mean?"
Everyone in the conference room was confused and didn't quite understand what Danzo meant.
"Since the other party may be trying to scare us because we are weak now, then we should give them a heavy blow! As the saying goes, one punch is better than a hundred. Let them know that Konoha's people are not scared." Danzo said with a smile.
"Attack with lightning speed to suppress those people in Cloud Shinobi Village, so that other villages will be suspicious of Konoha's current strength. At the same time, we will end the fight with Cloud Shinobi Village as soon as possible and end the war before the war expands."
"The current situation must not be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the more difficult it is to guess the attitude of other ninja villages."
"We have to end the war before other ninja villages make up their minds to join the war."
"Are you sure?" The Third Generation frowned and looked at Danzo. Sure enough, Danzo was not suitable for the position of Hokage. His ideas were still so radical and adventurous.
"Yes."
Danzo glanced at him, "I have already contacted Kirigakure. They will ally with us in this war and push their troops into the territory of the Land of Lightning, but they will not help us too much."
"They will only help us with deterrence, and will not send troops to participate in the war." Danzo explained.
"Kirigakure?"
Shikaku frowned and asked, "How did Lord Danzo get in touch with the people of Kirigakure? Those lunatics are not easy to mess with."
"Yes, the Fourth Mizukage is the Three Tails Jinchūriki. The people of Kirigakure dared to fight among themselves during the war. Those lunatics are not easy to mess with." Mitokado Homura also added, "Danzo, you have to think carefully if you want to cooperate with them."
Mitokado Homura is in charge of Konoha's diplomacy. The people on the Kirigakure side are completely crazy people when they come into contact with them. Their minds are erratic and unpredictable, and they change their faces like turning the pages of a book.
"There are no eternal enemies in this world. The Land of Water is not richer than our Land of Fire, especially in terms of supplies."
"The Daimyo will help us coordinate the Land of Water's supplies, and we will get the help of Kirigakure." Danzo looked at the people present and explained.
"Compared to that old guy Ohnoki, although the Fourth Mizukage has many capable people around him, his age and his status as Jinchūriki make him look awkward in front of Kirigakure."
"He has just taken office and needs political achievements to consolidate his position, and I just helped him with this."
Everyone nodded. Although they didn't understand how Danzo did it, they felt more confident with the help of Kirigakure.
"This time I plan to focus most of my forces on the Land of Lightning. For the other three countries, we should be wary of Iwagakure."
"Sunagakure has a truce agreement with us, Kirigakure has an alliance with us, and Iwagakure killed the Third Raikage during the Third War. Although we know that they are unlikely to join the Land of Lightning, and may even take advantage of the situation."
"But to be safe, we should allocate some forces to be wary of Iwagakure."
The originally precarious situation turned out to be very good after Danzo's analysis.
Everyone present, except Sarutobi Hiruzen, had an infinite desire to fight.
This game looks like a sure win, how can we not fight?
As soon as the meeting ended, everyone couldn't wait to go back and prepare for war.
It has been a long time since the Land of Lightning's envoys were killed. Although Danzo's roots have been imitating the envoys to convey information to the Land of Lightning, the time cannot be delayed too long.
We have to take the initiative before the Raikage guy reacts.
"Sarutobi, now is not the time for internal fighting."
As soon as the others left, Danzo said to Sarutobi Hiruzen bluntly.
Although many families supported his participation in the war, Sarutobi's attitude was always wavering.
This also caused many people in the Hokage faction to hesitate.
Now there are only two of them in the meeting room, and they are much more presumptuous when talking.
There are only Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen in the quiet meeting room.
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